Ash …

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Trees, general, January 2015

 

… mainly. Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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Smooth

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Trees, Ash, December 20124

 

What appears to be the lightning-hit bark of an Ash. (more…)

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Skyline

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Trees, Ash, November 2014

 

Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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Piebald

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Trees, Hawthorn, Ash, November 2014

 

Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna, and Ash, Fraxinus excelsior (more…)

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Stripes

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Trees, Ash, November 2014

 

The bark of an Ash, Fraxinus excelsior. (more…)

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Multi-coloured trunks

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Trees, Ash, October 2014

 

Ash, Fraxininus excelsior, made vivid by algae and lichen. (more…)

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Green October

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Trees, Ash, October 2014

 

The first day of October in the wood – Ash, Fraxinus excelsior, under a blue sky. (more…)

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The healers

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Trees, Ash, August 2014

 

“In British folklore the Ash was credited with a range of protective and healing properties, most frequently related to child health.” (more…)

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Seeds of Yggdrasil perhaps

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Trees, Ash, July 2014

 

In Norse mythology, Yggdrasil was the immense tree of life, in many sources an Ash. (more…)

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‘If a tree dies, plant another in its place.’

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Trees, general, Ash, June 2014

 

The words of Carl Linnaeus, 1707-1778. (more…)

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Do you have an Ash birthday?

Posted by on May 23, 2014 in 2014, Ash, May, Spring, Trees | 0 comments

 
Trees, Ash, May 2014
 

Haven’t seen this before – find the tree associated with your birthday here. (more…)

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A bright Spring day

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Trees, Ash, April 2-14

 

Lots of life in our first April visit to the wood. (more…)

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